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[h=2]Jamuna River Dwellers, Bangladesh [/h] Photograph by Jonas Bendiksen, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Front-yard floods are routine for fishermen and their families living on islands in the Jamuna River. Known as char dwellers, they have become world-class experts at adapting to whatever life—and a changing climate—throws at them.
Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Ridges of peat and pools of dark, acidic water form a patterned peatland near Moon Point.
[h=2]Horses, Montana[/h] Photograph by William Albert Allard, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Two sorrels belonging to Buster and Helen Brown have gone AWOL in the snow.
[h=2]Lávut, Scandinavia [/h] Photograph by Erika Larsen This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Frames of lávut are a common sight in Sami yards, where they are used for smoking meat. Sami have long used the tents as portable shelters—their wide bases and forked poles enable them to withstand winds of up to 50 miles an hour on the Arctic tundra. Easy to transport and erect, the frames were originally covered with reindeer skins, but waxed canvas or lightweight woven materials are more common today.
[h=2]Stream, Seoul [/h] Photograph by Greg Girard, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Urban Renewal Seoul, South Korea
Buried under an elevated highway for decades, the Cheonggyecheon stream once again flows in the open air through downtown Seoul. A 3.6–mile–long stretch of the stream was restored in 2005.
[h=2]Quiver Trees, Namibia[/h] Photograph by Frans Lanting, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Quiver trees stand like eerie sentinels under the stars in the Namib Desert. The flowers of these desert–tough varieties of the aloe plant provide nectar for birds and insects.
[h=2]Coral Reef, Red Sea[/h] Photograph by Thomas P. Peschak, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Rarely visited, the reefs off Saudi Arabia in the northern Red Sea are some of the most undisturbed in the region. Sunlight penetrates deep into the clear waters, enabling lush gardens of corals to flourish along these wave–washed coasts.
[h=2]North Face, K2 [/h] Photograph by Tommy Heinrich, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features A full moon illuminates the north face of K2.
[h=2]Flamingo Chicks, Mexico[/h] Photograph by Klaus Nigge, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features When chicks are a few weeks old, parents leave them in a crèche and go in search of food, taking turns coming back day and night to feed them. Though watched by a few adults, the young are vulnerable to predators such as dogs and jaguars.
[h=2]Rodeo, Montana[/h] Photograph by William Albert Allard, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features A calf roper warms up at the Marias 4–County Fair. While ranches and farms become ever more mechanized, rodeo is a reminder that the old skills are still prized—and useful.
[h=2]Fraser Island, Australia[/h] Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Tannin–rich runoff from Fraser's interior stains the sea in the aftermath of a summer storm.
[h=2]Aspen Leaf[/h] Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Frost filigrees a quaking aspen leaf in late October
[h=2]Sled Dogs, Greenland [/h] Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Their lives spent outdoors, reserve dogs at Station Nord are chained far enough apart to avoid fights. Sanne, perched atop a doghouse, gets a hug from base leader Søren Engkjær Hansen.
[h=2]Taksim Square, Istanbul [/h] Photograph by Martin Roemers This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Street Life
Istanbul, Turkey
By foot, rail, and automobile, people pass through Taksim Square, animating the modern hub of Istanbul. Schemes to restrict the area to foot traffic worry planners who fear the famous crossroads could lose its creative energy.
[h=2]Camel Trek, Shaksgam River [/h] Photograph by Tommy Heinrich, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features It took dozens of camels and eight Kyrgyz drivers to haul 2.2 tons of gear across the bed of the Shaksgam River to Chinese Base Camp. The cost: $17,000—plus eight pairs of sunglasses.
[h=2]Erta Ale Volcano, Ethiopia[/h] Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features A lake of lava bubbles atop Erta Ale, the region's most active volcano.
[h=2]Creole Drum Festival, Brazil [/h] Photograph by Tyrone Turner, National Geographic This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features Swirling to West African rhythms, residents of the Santa Rosa dos Pretos quilombo celebrate the recovery of a sick neighbor with a tambor de crioula, a "creole drum" festival that mixes African and European traditions.
Photograph by David Shields, My Shot This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos Just after sunrise on the east coast of Scotland (the North Sea is just below the horizon), this preharvest field seemed to stretch forever, and the clouds were amazing.
[h=2]Horned Owl, Saskatchewan[/h] Photograph by Robert Postma, Your Shot This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos This great horned owl burst from the window of an abandoned toolshed in southern Saskatchewan. It’s nice that it made eye contact with me as it flew away.
